My boyfriend and I had long talked about whether Pres. George W. Bush had suffered a stroke sometime early on in his presidency. He had been an artful speaker as Governor of Texas, fast on the draw. As president those skills began to wane considerably. I never once believed he was as dumb as the media liked to portray him. If not a stroke, maybe belated effects of his earlier alcoholism had hit him hard and at a bad time.
Much like the people surrounding FDR kept the public from knowing he was in a wheelchair, Bush’s team did an artful job of letting the public believe this was just President Bush’s down-home Texas personality shining through. People in Texas, the Bush camp implied, maybe talk a little plainer and a little slower. Bush, the explanation went, was an Everyman.
The video below is a side by side comparison of Bush’s gubernatorial debate in Texas in 1994 and a later debate in 2004. The difference in speech is striking.
Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty to the charges facing her in court, charges that hold a penalty up to (& likely) the death penalty. How does one come to the conclusion that their death is okay? Is her advanced age (Tian is 66) a factor? How do her children feel about this? Did she make enough money as SanLu’s chairperson to send them abroad and give them a chance at a more pure life? Does she feel like her work on this Earth is done and she has accomplished her goal of helping her family get ahead? Read more »
SanLu has been ordered by a Shijiazhuang Court to place control of the company into the hands of a receiver (much like a Trustee in US Bankruptcy Courts) for the company’s assets to be sold off. The case is reported to have been brought forth by an unpaid creditor. Read more »
Recently, it was reported that melamine was found in US baby formula. With the plethora of products we receive from China everyday, this comes as no surprise. I wrote the article below in September, when the melamine outbreak was first reported. Read more »
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